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Airborne & Recon: Paratroops, Scouts, and Signals — Part 4 _au
View of the equipment carried by paratrooper, Australia, 1943. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
Caught in Camouflage: Turkish Sniper Taken by Two Australian Soldiers (WWI)
Australian troops taking shelter behind a cactus, during training in World War Two, Australia, circa 1943. (Photo by European/FPG/Getty Images)Australian troops on an obstacle course, training during World War Two, Australia, circa 1943. (Photo by European/FPG/Getty Images)circa 1941: Australian soldiers of the Darwin Battalion, under canvas. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)25th August 1941: An Australian regiment with its tanks and Carden-Lloyd Universal carriers lined up in a north African desert during the Second World War. The tank in the foreground is a Vickers MK VI light tank. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)View of the equipment carried by paratrooper, Australia, 1943. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)(Original Caption) 4/8/42-Australia: With the threat of Jap invasion becoming evermore stronger, the coast defense methods of the Australia Army have become more extensive. In this defense exercise, the Bren gun carriers are patrolling a stretch of sandy beach.Australian army officers, including Captain Fletcher and General Northcott, Commanding Officer of Australia, examine an American-made army tank in 1941, which will help equip Australia’s new armored division.29th December 1942: Engineers of General MacArthur’s Australian-American task force building a bridge across a stream in the jungles of New Guinea. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)circa 1942: Recruits to the Australian militia sitting with their booted feet lined up at a training camp at Seymour, Victoria, in SE Australia. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)circa 1943: General MacArthur (1880 – 1964), Allied Commander in the Southwest Pacific area, passing a line of Australian troops moving up to the front in the New Guinea jungle whilst he is on a tour of inspection. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
